i think, that the integration of flash would be a security risk and thats the reason for the exclusion. And since flash content is often very power (CPU) consuming, I can fully understand that this decision (to not include flash) was made...

i think, that the integration of flash would be a security risk and thats the reason for the exclusion. And since flash content is often very power (CPU) consuming, I can fully understand that this decision (to not include flash) was made...

Toengel@Alex

Toengel,

This sounds like speculation. Security and CPU intensive? If the TVs had battery, it would have sound like an iphone excuse...
But lets add my speculation. How about "Flash is owned by a company, which has time only for widespread platforms or for companies you pay well"?
Its not up to Philips, but up to Adobe actually...

Today you see all kind of additional video players to support video on websites. Video playback will be standard embedded in the new HTML versions. HTML5 has an embedded video player, so I suppose this CE-HTML standard that Net TV is following will upgrade eventually. The big question is, will it be possible to upgrade yesterdays product with tomorrow’s technology.

Gnash has legal problems. Adobe does not allow the reverse engineering of Flash, and the Gnash guys have done exactly that...

In fact I don't know the argument between the two, but I suppose that this not a problem for Philips or any other user, because Gnash has GNU license so it is legal so I think that the problem is not for the user.

Today you see all kind of additional video players to support video on websites. Video playback will be standard embedded in the new HTML versions. HTML5 has an embedded video player, so I suppose this CE-HTML standard that Net TV is following will upgrade eventually. The big question is, will it be possible to upgrade yesterdays product with tomorrow’s technology.

HTML5 does not solve the flash problem. It just adds support for video, but with an *unspecified* codec (and there is a debate between Theora & H264 - the latter needs a license, which means no support for already sold products).

In fact I don't know the argument between the two, but I suppose that this not a problem for Philips or any other user, because Gnash has GNU license so it is legal so I think that the problem is not for the user.

It can be. Companies have more money than individuals. Adobe can more easily sue a company (hopping to get some serious amounts of money) than 3-4 programmers who are seeking for a job. Companies must be careful in the software they include...

Anyway, this comes down that flash is controlled by Adobe, and Adobe will not release for a platform unless it has many many users, or is paid to do so... :-)

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Thank you that is the solution:)
However I did a factory reset and now I'm able to use chromecast from my iphone/ipad also.
Strange that fixed IP address is not working:confused:
Thanks again....